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Microsoft has reduced its Xbox division workforce by 268 positions. This cut happens as the company integrates Activision Blizzard and shifts oversight of the Halo franchise.
In plain terms, a workforce reduction means the company is letting go of employees in a specific department to restructure how that department operates.
The short version is that Microsoft, the company behind the Xbox gaming console, is trimming staff in its gaming arm. The specific number is 268 jobs. This move is linked to two major changes happening at the same time.
First, Microsoft is absorbing Activision Blizzard, a large video game developer it acquired. Second, it is changing who manages the Halo video game series.
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